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Fogarty Trainees Become Global Health Leaders

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Purnima Madhivanan, University of Arizona

Through community-based participatory research former trainee and now grant recipient, Purnima Madhivanan, focus on creating health.

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Over the decades, Fogarty’s programs have made significant contributions by filling the pipeline of global health leaders, extending the frontiers of science and accelerating discovery. These featured researchers — including senior government officials, and leaders of academic and nongonvermental organizations around the world — share how training supported by Fogarty has impacted their careers, helped build in-country research capacity, and fostered collaboration in research areas vital to global health.

Dr. Lola Kola, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

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Emerging Global Leader Lola Kola developed a mobile app to help teen mothers care for their mental and physical health.

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Dr. Nandini Kumar
Bioethicist

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Dr. Nandini Kumar received a Fogarty grant to establish a national bioethics training program and helped formulate India’s national research ethics guidelines. 

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Dr. Andrew Kambugu, Infectious Disease Institute (IDI), Kampala, Uganda

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Dr. Andrew Kambugu’s Fogarty training grant is helping to enhance HIV research capacity in East Africa.

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Dr. Robert Samuels
Kenema Government Hospital (KGH), Sierra Leone

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Using the skills he learned through Fogarty programs, Dr. Robert Samuels is evaluating the prevalence of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in young children.

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Dr. Admire Dube
University of the Western Cape, South Africa

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Fogarty-supported training laid the foundation for Dr. Admire Dube's NIH grants to study the use of nanotechnology to help eradicate tuberculosis.

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Dr. Michelle Groome
National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), South Africa

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Emerging Global Leader award recipient Dr. Michelle Groome details how personal experience with rotavirus influenced her Fogarty research and her career.

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Updated August 23, 2024